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How and Why I got 'On-board' with The FREEDOM FLOTILLA to Gaza

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"Only Israel pressured America to wage war in Iraq and only Israel is pressuring America to invade Iran.


"Pity that we cannot seem to shed our fear of Israel. We are afraid to speak out on Capitol Hill, for fear of losing the next election. They are more like trained poodles jumping through hoops than leaders!


"Why this fear? How did we get here?

"Forty years ago to this day, June 8, 1967 the change occurred, the floodgates opened and money poured into Israel as never before.



"When President Johnson heard about the U.S.S. Liberty being attacked by Israel he ordered the rescue fighter planes to return to the deck. The rescue mission was aborted and the survivors have said they heard LBJ's voice tell Admiral Giest, 'Get those planes back on deck. I don't care if the ship sinks, I will not embarrass Israel.'



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Eileen Fleming,is a Citizen of CONSCIENCE for US House of Representatives 2012 Founder of WeAreWideAwake.org Staff Member of Salem-news.com, A Feature Correspondent for Arabisto.com Producer "30 Minutes with Vanunu" and "13 Minutes with Vanunu" (more...)
 
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